Animal magnetism and homoeopathy / by Edwin Lee.

  • Lee Edwin, -1870.
Date:
1838
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Credit: Animal magnetism and homoeopathy / by Edwin Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    she signifies that she will speak presently : she does not feel when the skin is pinched, and does not appear to be affected by a phial of ammonia held to the nostrils. The next case does not answer the expecta- tion of the magnetisers. In a Madame C, living in the same house as the magnetiser, it was proposed to exhibit the mental power possessed by the magnetiser over the magnetised, as also the communication of thoughts between them, without the interven- tion of speech or gesture ; the proposal was ac- cepted by the commissioners, who repaired to the house, and on somnambulism being produced, gave directions in writing to the magnetiser, in- dicating the actions they desired to see per- formed, which were to be signified mentally to the somnambulist. Thus, she is first ordered to go and sit on a stool before the piano ; she rises and looks at the clock; on being apprised of her mistake, she goes into another room, and on be- ing again informed of her error she sits down on her former seat. She is next requested to raise her hand at the same time as her magnetiser, and to lower it at the same time; the two hands are raised simultaneously, but that of Madame C. is lowered in a few minutes. The back of a watch is presented to her; she mistakes the hour, and